"I never know what to bring. I think about it for a month, I create, I obsess. The day before an event I pack the car. It is never what I had planned but that's okay. That way even I am surprised."-Janene

The Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts

2018 Winter Art ShowMeet the Artists Reception

The show hangs from January 18 to April 4. It features work in a wide variety of media from both local artists and artists from other states, such as North Carolina, Rhode Island and Utah. With the snow falling and the temperatures plunging, what better way to bring warmth and color back into your life than by visiting a gallery full of beautiful art?

Through the generous support of donors, the Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts is able to offer awards and prizes to outstanding submissions in this show. Award winners will be announced at the Meet the Artists Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony on Thursday, January 25, from 6-8 p.m. All are welcome to attend, see the show and meet some of the featured artists. Light refreshments will be served.

The public is welcome to view the artwork in the Nigra Arts Center’s Community Gallery throughout its run. The gallery is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. or Saturdays 9 a.m. to noon. The Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts is located at 2736 State Highway 30, Gloversville. For more information, please call (518) 661-9932 or visit www.pncreativeartscenter.org.

Albany Center Gallery is pleased to announce its next exhibit titled BETWEEN THE LINES.

From January 30 – February 23, 2018, BETWEEN THE LINES will feature the work of regional artists Rhea Nowak, Dana Piazza, Kelly Schultz and Russell Serrianne. An artists’ reception will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, February 2, 2018 in conjunction with 1st Friday in downtown Albany, and the public is invited to attend. The exhibit is sponsored by David E. Nardolillo, Esq., New York State Council on the Arts, and the Albany Wine & Dine for the Arts Festival.

Albany Center Gallery rings in 2018 with BETWEEN THE LINES. Following in the spirit of the new year, the exhibit gathers a group of artists who take advantage of a clean slate to explore inherent characteristics and natural progression. The exhibit calls attention to the very use of line, mark and shape and the different ways the select group of exhibiting artists harness the physical qualities of their preferred materials to compose a sense of atmosphere and space while considering the significance of the part within the whole.

Rhea Nowak uses her work to observe and analyze relationships between “presence and absence, rhythm and awkwardness, mark and intention, and sign and context.” She investigates by experimenting with her ever-expanding cache of printmaking skills. Her experimentations pay off in her prints, which incorporate intaglio printing with precisely placed perforations and delicate stitching. Nowak’s works have been exhibited in juried shows throughout the United States as well as Europe. Rhea Nowak currently teaches foundations, printmaking, artist’s books and advanced collaborative art projects courses at SUNY College at Oneonta in upstate New York.

Dana Piazza’s drawings are automatic and spontaneous. The selection of a drawing instrument and the repetition of its natural mark are two actions that lay at the center of Piazza’s current work. He repeats his chosen mark in an interlocking and weaving pattern with each new mark aiming to match the previous one, while allowing the expected handmade variations to occur. As he puts it, “over time, a small error will perpetually grow into a larger fold or ripple.” The convergence of marks become almost like “cells forming a living organism,” Piazza explains, and he aims to cultivate each drawing’s natural progression; “under this minimal stewardship, each drawing grows freely like an ivy.” Dana Piazza studied at State University of New York College at Purchase and is an experienced graphic designer.

Kelly Schultz is a multimedia visual artist currently focusing on exploring the characteristics of acrylic, watercolor and gouache paint as tools to create the sense of an atmosphere. Schultz embraces the process of applying and removing paint, aided by the use of water, to create ephemeral organic forms that “become like transient orbs of energy, subtly exploring ideas of preciousness and mortality.” Schultz holds a BFA in drawing and painting with a minor in Art History from Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, Massachusetts. She currently lives in Ballston Lake, New York.

Russell Serrianne uses the energized line of the vine tendril as his three-dimensional drawing tool. His process is guided by the selection of individual tendrils and considering their placement within the whole to create an interwoven “fluid shape, a composition.” Serrianne preserves the tendril with burnishing techniques and clear shellac in order to “freeze the tendril’s line” and create “a visual interplay with what is natural and when applied out of context creates pause for re-examination.” Serrianne attended the New School of Art in Toronto, Canada as well as the State of New York at Plattsburgh. He currently lives in Glens Falls, New York.

BETWEEN THE LINES, on display at Albany Center Gallery from January 30 to February 23, 2018, will feature New York artists Rhea Nowak, Dana Piazza, Kelly Schultz and Russell Serrianne. An opening reception for BETWEEN THE LINES will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday February 2, 2018. The public is invited to attend.

TEDxFMCC, Theme: Recycling the Past, Re-purposing Energies, and Re-positioning for the Future.

TEDxFMCC

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Theme: Recycling the Past, Re-purposing Energies, and Re-positioning for the Future.

Fulton-Montgomery Community College (FMCC), in conjunction with the Fulton Montgomery Young Professionals Network (FMYPN) of the Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce proudly hosts TEDxFMCC 2018 on Wednesday, January 31, 2018, at 6:00pm - 9:00pm in Raiders Cove on the FMCC campus,in Johnstown, NY.

This year's event features talks on recycling the past, re-purposing energies, and re-positioning for the future.

Speakers for the TEDxFMCC event are as follows:Aneesa Waheed, Entrepreneur and Restaurateur, Tara Kitchen, Troy, NY

Summer Art Fair

The Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair is the largest of the four fairs that comprise the Ann Arbor Art Fair. This fair boasts consistent crowds and great artist sales!

The Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair is located on Main Street between Huron and William streets in downtown Ann Arbor, MI, and on State Street between William and Madison streets, adjacent to the campus of the University of Michigan.

The Guild of Artists & Artisans is a non-profit, membership association of independent artists founded in 1970 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Its mission is to develop and present art fairs to provide marketing opportunities for its members which also serve as educational, cultural and entertaining events for the community. Produced by the Guild of Artists & Artisans, a non-profit artist membership organization run by artists FOR artists!

"2017 marked our second year at the Ann Arbor Art Fair and we again chose a spot with the Guild as part of the Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair section - it never disappoints! For us there is no better spot to be than on Main Street with its steady foot traffic making us easy to find for current customers and right in the middle of everything to be discovered by new customers. It's a show we will never miss, the best of the best." Kaitlyn Lawless

"2017 was the first time I participated in the Ann Arbor Art Fair. I had an awesome corner tent on Main Street as part of the Guild's Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair. Not only did I find that the fair was extremely well-organized with amazing artist support from the Guild, but I also sold more work than I could have imagined. Best of all, the work I sold was my larger, more expensive pieces. Totally great experience overall!" Lisa Farris

"2017 was our first year in the Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair.

We had a great show, and we're so happy we made the change to join the Summer Art Fair. Our booth was in a great location in close proximity to high quality work, the show staff was helpful, and everything ran very smoothly." Sarah Gelsanliter

2 Year Anniversary

"Our goal is to provide exposure for local artists, by bringing their work to you, one show at a time. Invest in living artists, the dead ones don’t need money."

Next Show: Join us for our 2 Year Anniversary on Friday, January 26th, 2018 at 23 Second Street, 4th Floor, Troy, NY from 5:30pm-9pm.

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